[Spridgets] Angle of Gas Struts

[Ron Soave]

--- On Fri, 1/30/09, Jim Johnson <bmwwxman at gmail.com> wrote:
> Soave...   you know this stuff!  High school physics!

It's actually a Lagrangian dynamics (L= T - V) problem on the way up since the angle of the bonnet AND the strut are changing (the bonnet hinge takes load also). 

I manage a business unit now, so I don't have budget to do any verification, just ship it and reduce inventory.

Ron